OVERVIEW of the Classical Era
- Focused on entertainment
- Shift to homophonic music
- Clarinet was added to the orchestra
- Harpsichord fell out of fashion
Performance venues
- Church
- Court
- Opera house
- Concert halls became more common
- Made orchestral music accessible
Performance techniques
Forms
- Sticked to tried and true forms
- Each movement has its own form
- Sonata Form
- Minuet Form
- Variation Form
- Scherzo Form
- Rondo Form